President Yoon’s approval rating hits record low at 24.1%

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s approval rating has reached a record low, according to the latest public opinion survey released by pollster Realmeter on Monday.

President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the presidential office in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on Oct. 15. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s approval rating has reached a record low, according to the latest public opinion survey released by pollster Realmeter on Monday.

The survey showed that 24.1 percent of the 2,510 respondents over the age of 18 rated the president’s performance positively.

Yoon’s approval rating is 1.7 percentage points lower than last week’s survey, which was also his previous record low.

The percentage of respondents who told the pollster they disapproved of Yoon’s job performance rose by one percentage point from the previous week to 72.3 percent, marking the highest disapproval rate since Yoon took office.

Approval of the president’s job performance fell among those in their 20s, 30s and 60s, according to the survey.

Regionally, approval of the president’s performance increased in Gwangju and Jeolla but dropped in Daegu, Busan, Ulsan, Gyeongsang and Seoul.

The survey, conducted from Oct. 14 to 18, had a confidence interval of 95 percent and a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 percentage points.

A separate Realmeter survey conducted on Oct. 17 and 18 with the same respondents found that 31.3 percent supported the People Power Party (PPP), which is aligned with the Yoon administration, while 44.2 percent expressed support for the Democratic Party (DP).

Support for both parties increased compared to the previous week’s survey, rising by 0.5 percentage points for the PPP and 0.3 percentage points for the DP.

Another 7.4 percent of respondents said they supported the Rebuilding Korea Party, led by former Justice Minister Cho Kuk — an outspoken critic of the Yoon administration — while 4.6 percent expressed support for the Reform Party, led by former PPP leader Lee Jun-seok.

The percentage of nonpartisan voters with no political affiliation was 9.4 percent.

BY KIM MIN-YOUNG [kim.minyoung5@joongang.co.kr]